Why Didn’t Andrew Gounardes and Other Democrats in Our Area Speak Out Against the Racist Remark Made by a Democratic District Leader?
A Brooklyn Democratic District Leader made a comment on social media that was hurtful to the Asian community. (See here, here and here)
Update: For three days now, Democrats spoke out about it, but most from our area were silent.
Andrew Gounardes was supported by Maslow when he ran for election, so he didn’t say anything. (See here) Maslow was also on Gounardes’ transition team (See here)
Andrew Gounardes was on social media today and didn’t say anything about the racist comment. See here
Democratic District Leaders like Chris McCreight and Tori Kelly didn’t say anything about the comments. If you are going to remain silent, then step down from the District Leader position and let some of these people who aren’t afraid speak out.
Councilman Brannan did not speak out about this. Here’s what he is tweeting about. Brannan didn’t say anything about this comment either.
Community group, Radiofree Bay Ridge only said three words (See here). This group wanted to talk about racist statues this November – don’t divert people’s attention from real racism.
The Democratic Party Leader tweeted this:
From the tweet, Rodneyse Bichotte doesn’t tell you that Maslow is still a Democratic District Leader.
While Maslow stepped down from position as 6th Vice President of the Democratic County Committee, she did not step down from being a district leader. That part is important and shows that Bichotte isn’t ready to speak out against all racism!
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marlene
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